Color profiles – HP Latex 3000 Printer User Manual
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Default status indicates that this substrate has never been calibrated, and therefore no reference state
is defined.
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Done status indicates that a color calibration has been performed successfully on this substrate, the
reference state is defined and still up to date.
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Obsolete status indicates that the printer status has changed since the reference was defined, so a new
calibration must be done in order to maintain color consistency.
Color calibration is based on the color measurement of printed color patches, using the embedded
spectrophotometer. Some characteristics of substrates, such as surface roughness or transparency, may
make reflective color measurement of some substrate types very inaccurate. Color calibration of these
substrates may fail or produce unacceptable printing results.
TIP:
If color calibration fails at the first attempt, it is worth trying again.
To delete the reference for a given substrate, so that you can create a new reference for that substrate, you
must reset the color calibration. In the Internal Print Server, select Substrate > Color calibration > Reset.
You should calibrate a substrate type before creating its color profile; however, you can later recalibrate
without needing to recreate the color profile.
Color consistency between different HP Latex 3000 printers
It is possible to print consistent colors on different HP Latex 3000 printers by exporting a calibrated
substrate preset (see
) from one calibrated printer to another. This process
ensures that both printers use the same color references.
1.
Create the reference for the first printer: do at least the first color calibration with the substrate in
question.
2.
Export the substrate preset from the first printer. The reference is also exported.
3.
Import the substrate preset to the second printer.
4.
Perform color calibration with the same substrate for the second printer, to make it consistent with the
reference imported with the preset.
Now both printers have the same reference for the same substrate, and all the consecutive color calibrations
will be trying to match this reference state.
Color profiles
Color calibration provides consistent colors, but consistent colors are not necessarily accurate. For instance,
if your printer prints all colors as black, its colors may be consistent but they are not accurate.
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